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hvoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvoar [[...]][i#] [p.]

in a flash

晃

• Hvoar leq tø køex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hvoar lef tø koex.; Hvoar leq tø køex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pass in a flash
  一晃就過去

• Cit hvoar koex svaf tafng, svaf hvoar cidsielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit hvoar koex svaf tafng, svaf hvoar cit'six'laang.; Cit'hvoar køex svaf'tafng, svaf'hvoar cit'six'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  time passes very fast (Lit. Three years passed in a flash. Three flashes and a lifetime takes place.)
  一晃過三冬,三晃過一生。

køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex; køex; (kex, køx) [[...]][i#] [p.]

go through, to cross, past, a time (as once, twice etc.), burn away to ashes (as wood, coal, candle), to pass over, sign of passive or of work done on a thing

過,次

• Khix hiaf khix nng koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khix hiaf khix nng koex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I have been there twice.
  那兒去過兩次。

• Cid khoarn laqzeg (hoefthvoax) cyn khoaix koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn lah'zeg (hoea'thvoax) cyn khoaix koex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kind of candle (charcoal) burns down very quickly.
  這種蠟燭(木炭) 很容易燒完。

• Cid niar svaf iawboe sefkoex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf iao'boe sea'koex.; Cid'niar svaf iao'bøe søea'køex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This shirt has not been washed.
  這件衣服還未洗過。

• bøo koex kurn ee zuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo koex kurn ee zuie; (bøo kurn'koex ee zuie) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  un-boiled water
  未煮開的水

køeazuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'zuie; køex'zuie [[...]][i#] [p.]

has been washed, cross the water in a boat, across the water, pass over the water

下過水,過水(過洋)

• Cid niar svaf iao mxbad koeazuie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf iao m'bad koex'zuie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This clothing has never been washed.
  這件衣服還沒洗過。

• Y si koex kiamzuie ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si koex kiaam'zuie ee.; Y si køex kiaam'zuie ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He came from foreign country., He has been abroad.
  他是過鹹水的,他是渡過洋的

thaokøex/thaux`køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaux'koex; thaux'køex [[...]][i#] [p.]

to pass through (e.g., in boring a hole), (liquid) soaking through

透過,穿過

• lag thaokoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lag thaux'koex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bore through (with a drill or gimlet)
  鑿穿

• phaq thaokoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq thaux'koex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be wet to the skin
  打通

• svaf taam thaokoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf taam thaux'koex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make a door, passage, or access through
  衣服濕透了

thiaux koex kaw, ciah svaf aw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiaux koex kaw, ciah svaf aw [[...]][i#] [p.]

said of healthy children with good digestion

比喻消化快(小孩)

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